This Veterans Day video featuring Kirsten Talken-Spaulding, superintendent of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and a U.S. Navy veteran, highlights the powerful connections between The National Park Service and the U.S. Military.

Our July/August Boomer has a story about the fun, quirky and festive farmers market experience. But did you know that farmers markets are vital sources for nutritional food in inner city neighborhoods that have few grocery stores?

The Gateway 105 Farmers’ Market, in Cleveland Ohio, is a part of a county-wide farmers’ market nutrition incentive program, “Produce Perks.” In this video, vendors and customers discuss the health and economic benefits of a farmers’ market-based nutrition incentive program.

If you’re looking for an excuse to ramble around the countryside, consider a trip along the Geauga County Quilt Trail.

The trail promotes the historic beauty and cultural significance of quilt making through the exhibition of hand painted historically accurate quilt squares affixed to highly visible barns and buildings in Geauga County. It’s an agricultural and tourism project designed to promote and celebrate our community pride.

Barn Quilts are designed like cloth quilts, except that they are created of wood and mounted on barns, businesses or displayed on stands in your yard. There are specifications and requirements needed to create an authentic barn quilt. So far, Geauga County has just a few installed, with more to come. Find more information on the history of Barn Quilts, creating a Barn Quilt or following the Barn Quilt Trail as it evolves at the official Geauga Barn Quilt Trail geaugabarnquilttrail.com or by becoming a friend on theGeauga Barn Quilt Trail Facebook Page.